Sierra

Description: The dictionary defines 'Sierra' as a long jagged mountain chain. Well,she is big and beautiful, there's nothing jagged about this girl.She's soft and sweet. When you call her name, she sheepishly drops herears and comes for a pat.

Being a Husky-Malamute cross, she has the frame of a small Mally butthe covering of a Husky. Her temperament is 100% Mally, as are herlovely brown eyes. Not one to sing like a Husky either, when she hassomething to say it's in the big, deep Mally foghorn "Woooooo!".

Be warned, she is a compulsive kisser. Once she starts smooching, it'salmost easier to just let her go, because pushing her away is a realtask. Despite being a strong girl she's very easy to walk. None of thejumpy excited shenanigans you'd expect from a Husky that hadn't yetbeen exercised that day. Sierra is fully housetrained, and if you lether she'll happily cuddle on your lap on the couch or spoon on thebed. She loves to ride in the car and stays still when you open thedoor to let her out.

She is a fairly slow eater and isn't aggressive with her food, a goodthing to have if you have other dogs in your family. Sierra has goodmanners at the dog park and usually finds a friend to play with. Whilein foster care she has fitted into a pack with a strong alpha femaleHusky and a 2IC passive male Husky, and they all get along well.

Sierra doesn't waste her time chasing balls, but her favourite thingis a squeaky toy. She knows how to sit and shake and shows realpromise if further time is invested into her training as she wants tolearn. Also, in foster care she has tried dog sledding and pulled wellwithout getting distracted.

As is to be expected with her breed, she needs good fencing andcaution is required with small animals and pocket pets. She's not muchof a jumper, but she can dig like an excavator.